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Hiking and Safety Tips for New Hikers

Views From The Top recommends that all hikers read and familiarize themselves with the hikeSafe web site before venturing into the back country. Remember that in NH, Fish and Game can and will charge you for some or all expense(s) incurred if you need to be rescued.

Using a kettle instead of pot should make you less hungry. In all seriousness I've used both. I like the flexibility of using a pot as a kettle you can only really boil water and not cook with it. Although the pouring ability of a kettle is nice. In other words you can probably make out with using a pot without a kettle but not the opposite. Comes down to a weight and space saving issue for me.

"I'm getting up and going to work everyday and I am stoked. That does not suck!"__Shane McConkey

I have a teapot I bought from REI mail order years ago. I would bring my self-designed meals that required boiling water, a sierra cup, a heat resistant medium seized bowl, and an old metal tablespoon. It all worked very well for me for several day trips from early spring through late fall.

I carried the Trangie aluminum tea kettle for a few years in leiu of a pot when I was doing nothing but freeze dried food (Rehydrate in the bag)
- but if you were rehydrating anything else, you would at least still need to carry a large mug and/or bowl.
I finally settled on a dentede 2.4 cup Ti pot thatI got in the bargain basement at Cabella's. It was lighter still, than the kettle but allowed more functionality.